Confidence

Proverbs 14:15-16 "Only simpletons believe everything they’re told! The prudent carefully consider their steps. 16  The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence." Wisdom measures twice and cuts once. It takes the time to do the work on the front end, so that once a decision is made you can run with it. Fools plunge ahead, they make decisions based upon emotions and refuse to slow down long enough to think through and evaluate the process. They move ahead with what the Bible calls reckless confidence. Now as a leader you need confidence and your people need to have confidence in you. The way we build confidence is by making wise decisions, leadership alway involves risk because as a leader you are taking your team somewhere that none of you have ever been before. But calculated risk and reckless confidence are two totally different animals. Calculated risk means that I have done my homework, it means that I have taken the time to pray through the decision, gather information regarding the decision, gotten counsel about the decision and finally gotten a word from God to move forward. When we have done our part, we can be sure that God will do his and we can lead with a confidence that flows out of a prudent and wise heart.